Guitar lovers, this is your thread.

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Slimebeast said:

Bamboleo said:

Slimebeast said:
I never cared that much for guitar solos even though I've listened to heavy metal all my life.

Heavy metal rhythm guitars are very important though. And heavy metal is important.

Do you know Yngwie Malmsteen?

Of course. I used to buy his albums. Still love Trilogy. But I like it most for the overall style of metal and good songs, not the solos in particular.

R u an Yngwie lover?

Yngwie isn't as good as some think, when you really break down his music.

Its fast - I'll give him that. But it really doesn't have a lot of feeling to it.

Solos aren't entirely about speed, but the depth of the melody you bring from what your playing. I think that Kirk Hammret's solos from early Metallica really encapsulate that in songs like Fade to Black or One. His lead melodies make the songs what they are and really add to it. That is how a solo is supposed to be.